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Opinion: Missing George W. Bush Yet?

Wonder Land columnist Dan Henninger on why autocrats like Putin win when the U.S. “leads from behind.” Photo credit: Getty Images.

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... I ... the ... Concerto I'm Mary Kissel ... the bomb us as in the states will not intervene militarily in Ukraine ... and then guess what ... get pulls its troops out of the region and retreats ... Insulet's tired of defending democracies ... I've got Wonderland Columnist and Henninger joining me now ... I can look ... into the freedom and ten ... we miss George of the above ... well we should be measuring missing that aspect of George Bush up but the freedom agenda was not really something ... that he dreamed up it was dreamed up a long time ago and ... let's understand what is happening here Mary letter Q has thrown down the gauntlet to the last ... he is challenging us by saying that he is going to run authoritarian model of government that's truly what is happening in Ukraine with its wonderful ninety seven percent of the boat just like that ... in the days of Bresnan Commander FOP ... and the West has this democratic systems that opposes against that which you would like to have ... happened in Ukraine ... democracy is about the natural order of things Mary that has to be defended that was after all the point of World War two do you think that most Americans want us to have troops in Ukraine is the isolation history ... in American history that the president simply reflecting well we're not quite suggesting that there should be up U S troops in Ukraine ... but ... then ... you've got to understand what good is doing ... the authoritarian governments especially a big one like this or ... that or did in World War two ... they are all were moving the air centric vocal in the idea that the United States remain isolated inside our content and not be taught ... by those forces is open for guests who was explaining to stand out because the president as the bully Pope that he's not saying anything ... I he's acting had barely been hit on more sanctions on Russia itself was a good start in US politics today ... well nobody really I mean John McCain presence of Marco Rubio but I think it has to be a will but more full throated by the adults in Washington are their insults and wash and I think there are adults but I think that they are a little bit intimidated by some of these polls that say the American people don't wanna get involved ... we should recognize for Brock Obama is doing it's the same ... process to deal with those three Macy's gradual is things he waits for the other side to react tube will step forward ... and then Obama will ratcheted up he is again leading from behind these ... kind of behind the curve of the best ... rather than really getting out and going on all fence in pushing ... in a big rally where this is the best and to an economic war to live to a real war with ease ... I don't see a real war but I think it may be leading to up a significant economic struggle with Russia and cute and and I think possibly ... that the Europeans and United States are probably gonna have been willing to take some degree of economic hit ... if they're going to push back against what he has a mind to do in the key word there being deaf is second to push back against him in the